Chapter 33 33. Who is smarter than who?

It started to rain in the morning, and the sound of water splashing in the gutter was pleasant to the ear, and the dampness drifted from the open window to the naked flesh, which was pleasant.Ding Shaomei lay on the bed and lit a cigarette, but he still didn't want to get up.Today is an important day. After returning to China for more than two months, he finally made some substantial progress.The large sum of money in his hand gave him an illusory sense of power. Money and power are interlinked. What he has been learning over the years is this "combination" technique of money and power.The German philosopher Marx made a very reasonable point. The economic base determines the superstructure. The root of the evil of capitalism is money. At the same time, the driving force for the development of capitalism is also money. Money brings desire, and money brings power.

At present, although Kenji Miyaguchi's support for him has considerable reservations, it is basically credible; while the old Giggs' support for him, he suddenly feels that he is not too sure. He has grown up, he thinks.After reading the file given to him by Kenji Miyaguchi, and knowing that his father was framed by the old Ziggs and led to bankruptcy, he was not angry, on the contrary, he felt a little relieved.In this way, his seizure of the old Ziggs' intelligence market is neither a betrayal nor a disloyalty to a friend, it is just seeking justice for his father.Yes, just to be fair!

There are 7 members in the committee, and he has no way of guessing what the result will be.It seems that only by gaining the support of both parties can he succeed. Of course, there is another important thing, that is, the Japanese, which is an unavoidable problem.No matter how his father died, it is the duty of every Chinese man to resist Japan, and there is no reason to shirk it.However, the British had a good idea. It would be more respectable to snipe at Union Bank Notes than to throw bombs in the street. People always have to keep learning to understand the truth, but the matter of forgetting his father's hatred and joining hands with the enemy still makes him feel anxious.This is also a crux of the problem that cannot be solved. It cannot be forgotten or circumvented.

Is physical annihilation really that important to revenge?He also criticizes his own hesitation, father's hatred is irreconcilable, people of any nation in the world have only one attitude towards father's hatred, kill the enemy!But where is that guy named Nobuo Tokugawa? Old Giggs once again climbed into the air to ask God for advice. Just after dawn, Mako's information was transmitted, and the content of the information made him doubt his original plan.Tokugawa Nobuo finally found Ding Shaomei.On the surface, it seemed that Ding Shaomei was looking for Tokugawa Nobuo, but he knew that Tokugawa was a resourceful and tactful old fox, and he didn't need to use too much brains to deal with a fledgling kid like Xiaoding.

No one around him knew about his relationship with Nobuo Tokugawa, not even Lao Guan or Iziko, let alone Lao Ding himself.He was only worried about one thing. Tokugawa Nobuo was a spy with the country's support, and he was also the kind of backer that professional spies most wanted to find.Once those people knew the inside story like him, they might have taken refuge in this guy all at once.Although the Japanese are stingy, they are no more stingy than the British. If you take refuge in a country, you will have a generous salary and a reliable buyer. At the same time, it will not affect their other intelligence businesses. , This is the life that professional spies dream of.

If Nobuo Tokugawa snares Ding Shaomei, he will face a huge dilemma.He wasn't worried about Lao Ding's death, no one could blame him for Lao Ding's death, and he didn't intend to put Lao Ding in a "death situation" on purpose, this can only be blamed on Lao Ding's carelessness or bad luck , was killed by the Japanese in Changchun.What he was worried about was the attack on the Union Bank Notes?Not quite.What is it that makes him suffer so much?Yahweh also refused to give him a revelation to show him the way. Standing on a high podium, he suddenly realized that God had never been so alienated from him.I have cultivated a successor for 20 years, and just gave it to my opponent for nothing?It shouldn't be!Chinese people hate their fathers more than anything else, no matter how confused Ding Shaomei is, he will not recognize a thief as his father.So what is it that you are afraid of?

Tokugawa Nobuo gave Ding Shaomei a chance to make a fortune, if possible, he would definitely do so; so, what should I do?In Ding Shaomei, "ambition" is probably more passionate than money.Can I satisfy his ambition?Probably not, I don't even know where the boundary of his ambition is, so I...   Someone was ringing the doorbell, and it was Laoguan's daughter Guan Yunong who came in. She said, "Uncle Giggs, you are in trouble...." The old Ziggs suddenly became enlightened... Fan Xiaoqing was wrapped in a thin silk nightgown, and brought Ding Shaomei to the gate like a housewife, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and said pickily: "Don't stare at the Japanese female staff in the bank, and immediately after finishing the work Come home."

She was very happy to have such an opportunity to show her affection, that little girl of Yunong ran out early in the morning. "If you don't let me see Japanese women, I'll bring Zuo Yinglong's fifth girl back." Ding Shaomei also laughed. "Don't you dare! Come back early and accompany me to the movies." "Shanghai Express" starring Marlene Dietrich has been on stage for three days. She likes this sexy German actress, so she didn't go to the first show because of Yu Nong entangled him. Song Wanwan held an umbrella in one hand and Ding Shaomei's purse in the other, and sent him to Oda Hideyoshi's car.Fan Xiaoqing was still standing at the door, pointing and threatening him.

"Wives and concubines share the same room, this is an immoral thing in Japan." Oda Hideyoshi joked about Ding Shaomei, but he was thinking about the value of this matter in his heart. The Tianjin branch of Yokohama Specie Bank is located in the British Concession. Although the building is not as spectacular as HSBC or Macquarie Bank, it is decent and practical. As soon as their car came to a stop, a white-haired Japanese man in a not-so-sophisticated suit appeared in the rain. He bowed to the car door first, then opened his umbrella, opened the car door, and said, "Weaving Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Ding, I am Ichiro Nishikawa, the executive manager of Tianjin Branch, welcome to visit, please take care of us.”Suddenly, two rows of people appeared like mushrooms on the granite steps. They just stood there in the rain, bent straight and bowed, waiting for them to walk through the middle.

This old guy really is a big shot.Ding Shaomei thought. This dramatic scene should be able to satisfy the young man's curiosity.Oda Hideyoshi thought. Ding Shaomei had already experienced the tidiness of the Japanese, but she never expected that the employees in this bank were so clean that their expressions were so neat. Everyone was busy with their work with low eyebrows and rarely looked around. On the long conference table, there was a large group of Japanese on one side and himself on the other. Hideyoshi Oda sat in the middle as the chief, both as a middleman and as the host of the meeting.

"Thank you for your patronage to our bank," said Ichiro Nishikawa.The meeting chose English, which everyone is good at. "Mr. Oda has informed us to prepare to work for you, but I don't know your exact request?" Across the table, Ding Shaomei pushed over a form, which he sorted out with Yunong's help last night, on which all his requirements for this transaction were written. "4,000 standard gold bars, that's 80,000 ounces," Ichiro Nishikawa was taken aback, but he still controlled himself and didn't look at Oda Hideyoshi.Someone nearby used an abacus to figure out the result. According to yesterday's closing price, it is equivalent to 12 million legal currency and zero. "You probably know that the export of gold is prohibited in the area occupied by the imperial army?" "You are mistaken, my gold is not going anywhere, I bought it for arbitrage." Ding Shaomei admired the dignity in her voice. "However, your purchase volume has exceeded the daily market trading volume by dozens of times, which is a difficult number to trade." "I know that you happen to have so many gold bars. Don't you want this legal currency? You can only buy and instigate betrayal in non-occupied areas, including the purchase of war materials, and you can only use legal currency." Ding Shaomei's truth brought the atmosphere down to freezing point. "Of course, you have joint bank notes, gold, and some silver dollars in your hands, but what you need most is legal currency. I know that you have a large amount of legal currency reserves in your hands, but it is far from enough to deal with a war. It’s not enough.” The information Yu Nong got from Oda Hideyoshi came in handy. In Japanese banks, there was a serious shortage of French currency reserves printed with the word Tianjin. As of 3 days ago, Yokohama Specie Bank had less than 1000000. "Perhaps you would prefer me to go to the market to buy. I can go there as soon as the market opens today, inflating the price of gold, and depreciating the value of French currency in Tianjin, even if you just got a big gold in Shanghai. A pen of legal currency is useless at all, and in North China, only legal currency with the word Tianjin can be circulated." He paused, allowing this euphemistic hint to penetrate into the depths of everyone's consciousness. "According to what I have learned, you are more worried about the value of the legal currency than the national government, because China has not yet subjugated the country, and the market for legal currency is far larger than that of Union Bank Notes and Nanjing's Central Reserve Bank Notes. You are even more afraid of the depreciation of the legal currency. !" The negotiation process was difficult, and the patience of the Japanese did not show until two hours later. Ding Shaomei regretted not bringing a companion, even if she brought Fan Xiaoqing, it would be nice to hold her little hand and whisper a few words at the moment. It can temporarily ease his nervousness.He also knew that he was in a difficult situation. If the other party took out such a large number of standard gold bars all at once, they would wipe out all their reserves, but this required the other party to figure out a way, and he could not give the other party advice. At this time, even a Ideas that benefit both sides can also be seen as hostile. "If you must buy it, there is nothing we can do..." At this time, a blue-faced employee hurried to Ichiro Nishikawa and whispered non-stop in his ear. He gave Ding Shaomei a hard look, Said: "You have premeditated?" "Don't dare, it's just a business." Ding Shaomei suppressed the smile on her cheeks.This morning, Yu Changchun's "New Life Morning Post" hired 10 newspaper boys to distribute newspapers to major banks, foreign firms, and luxury houses in the British and French Concessions. The article "Throwing Fiat Currency for Gold" revealed the news that the gold market will be settled by Union Bank Notes next week. Using his expertise in finance, he made a bold prediction about the trend of gold, Union Bank Notes and legal tender. Policy.At the same time, he sent Bao Youxian with 3 million cash, and led a hundred brokers, to take the lead in scrambling for goods when the gold market just opened, causing a huge momentum. He asked again: "Has it risen to 160 per ounce now?" Seeing that the other party developed a Japanese-style stubborn temper, he smiled and said: "Well, forget it, I'd better go down and grab the goods myself. By the way, In the past two years, the national government has been retreating, and the common people are already worried about the legal currency, and the entire northern region is afraid that it will return to the era of spending real money!" Oda Hideyoshi finally spoke, and he said to Ichiro Nishikawa: "This matter is related to the great cause of the empire in China, so don't argue over small details." Finally, the two parties settled the transaction at 155 yuan per ounce according to the opening price of the day. "Tomorrow is Sunday, the market is closed, and I will pick up the goods then." After the matter was completed, Ding Shaomei intentionally appeared generous.Fortunately, there is no need for the leasing industry to do this. It is convenient to move the gold from the Yokohama Specie Bank to the underground vault of the Salt Industry Bank, only one block away. Oda Hideyoshi felt satisfied, he did not misread the wrong person, since he got the "New Life Morning Post" in the morning, he knew that he had chosen the right "jockey", only an ambitious young man like Ding Shaomei could control it Such a complicated situation.Sometimes offering too much help is not a good way to educate, good cooperation today. Of course, Ding Shaomei was very happy that this matter was done successfully, but what was even happier was that he had a deeper thought that he did not disclose to anyone.According to his research, no matter how the national government behaves in the war situation, as a party participating in the long-term melee, its currency will inevitably go bankrupt together with the Union Bank Notes and even the Japanese yen. This is a fact that has been verified many times in the history of currency , However, the person involved always thinks that he is an exception.The British didn't understand at all that if the joint bank notes were hit, the legal currency would definitely suffer the same damage. Perhaps they knew all this long ago and just regarded the legal currency as an insignificant sacrifice.There is nothing wrong with this method, even if he is allowed to make up his own mind for the national government, he has only one choice. What he should consider now is how to bring down the price of gold when the market opens next week.Broadly speaking, this is also an anti-Japanese act. The fall in the price of gold is tantamount to frying up the Union Bank Notes, and the rich are not willing to suffer losses, and the common people are unwilling to accept the Union Bank Notes with high currency value but narrow circulation. Even if the two strikes are offset, the circulation of Union Bank Notes still cannot increase.As for French currency?As soon as the Japanese invaded North China, the fate of the fiat currency had already been decided. Let it go. We can’t take care of so much. Anyway, the fiat currency plummeted on the last trading day, and the purchasing power of the batch of fiat currency that the Japanese got would be greatly reduced.